Long Fight Forecast Over Minn. Daycare Union Bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Nearly 100 amendments await Minnesota House lawmakers if they move ahead as planned on a bill that could lead to unionization of in-home day care providers and personal care attendants.
The volume foreshadows a long fight should the House brings the bill up on Saturday as planned. The Legislature has until midnight Monday to finish its session, including passage of the next state budget.
The debate on a companion Senate bill stretched 17 hours earlier in the week.
The bill is part of an effort by two service employee unions to organize in the personal care industries. It would set up a possible vote among certain providers.
Supporters say it will give providers greater leverage in bargaining for state reimbursement rates. Critics see it as a grab for union dues.
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